Faucet



- Aug. 25, 1931.

G. A. BLAKE FAUCET Filed June 8, 1929 Patented Aug 25 1 931;" I I. I

" mite-min m, orivnw BEDFOBD, mnssaonnsn'r'rs up i i f 'Th i'j invention faucets; 'larly l to "selfclosing' faucets I of the general type shown in :United States t Patenti lilo,

vide'an improved hand'oper'atingdevicelfor' thev'alve, to' provide an improved stopj mech anismfor the hand operating device inwhich the stop mechanism maylbe turned to a po-Z sition which will hold the valve open topror' vide an improved connectiQilfbetween thej'oytary operating means; 'andithevalve casing by means-of Which1eakage-along the-axis? of the; rotary operating mechanism s is prea:

' eratingime'chanism maviibe feasily removed from the valve casing;and to provide; means i for releasing any accumulatio'n'of liquid from; the cushioning cha mber, and relieving a, vac

uum in the cushioning chamber Other ob'e'ctsrof the inventio parent" from the Ifollowing"specification which various advantageous featuresjof the ;improved' construction ar'e'descri'bedindetail; I 'In' selfclosingcvalves suchas shown in Bate; But: No. @927 100 the valvestem;belowthe'- v valvecarries a piston which 'is",movable-up and down in a ratherlicloselv fitting cylinder;

valve, seat the tenden forliquid to leakpastf tl eicu qning p ste. isggre tly cneas chamber-duringtheopening of the valve.v I 'Inthe accompanying drawings: 3 r vented and by meansof whichthe rotaryTop-J 1 Ya V3 'raised positiony' M Flgu re 3 lsaa sect onal v '1'ew#;through he forthe purpose of cushioning thef closingg movementgofthe valve lt-isnot practicable to make j thecgpiston fit thelcvlinder closely I p n n theval-ve'l cooperates. I v I therewit buil un i -n rt i fi e va e bevondthea QIAUCET g npplieation"hl ed Jfnnejtli 1929f Serial No. 369,494.

his tendency is ver yundesirable since the: liquid leaking into the cushioning cylinder-J .lJGIIdS'lBOIllIIdOWIl out of'the cushioning cylinder along the projecting valve operating stem; In the improved valve construction described andwillustrated in the present speci-f Vfication the difiiculty of liquid leakingjout v along the operating mechanism-is entirely obviated; In the improved construction the joint;Wherethe-operating mechanismenters the cushioning chamber is scaled automati-i cally byfthe pressure ,Withinthe cushioning chambeiuw. W o e, In addition, separatemean'sis providedfo'n releasing at will and ma controlled manner anyaccumulatmn of liquid in the oushionlng chamber, and for automatically relieving anyj vacuum that is formed in the cushioning *;-Figure 1 's a side elevation ofaself-closing invention I I of the valve shown in Fig 1' but showing the operating handle inlits :upper or openqposi-Y tion and, showing'fthe cooperating I Stop 525; turned to hold, the operatingfihandle valve shown in Fig- 1-1; ,c g";

I Figure t is asectional vie'wflalong the line i 7 Y valve embodyingitheinvention; and 2;;

l- ;F'gure--6jris a; fragmentary'sectiona1 view ns ucted -i a cor a ce wit this.

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of a modified form.;of'valve wherein mean's forllilnitingthe movement-ofthevalvein'an I I irectionis carriedby the pistonofi as is i customary the :valve J closing ,ipiston :6 v

o as); I fRefe-rring particularly to Figures 1 and 3'; the'valvecasinglis provided atone-end with I a th dedinl t con e tion 2,- atthe; o h end 1 with a'threaded outlet connection 3, and'an interior valve? seat 54f Withwhich the vali 5 Abovethe' jvalve. 5 and lntegrail v o-fprovided a'WtilV closing piston nder 7,- the 'outer cend} 01f; Which-:yi's

10. Comparing Figures 3 and 4 it willbe,

seen that the cushioning chamberQlO has the shape, roughly, oftwvo intersecting"cylinders and comprises a vertically disposed. cylin; drical portion 11 in which the cushioning pis- I ton 9 m y s ide up and down-Jami. M-LQlT Q -Ai;

tally disposed cylindrical extension 12 interseatedby and connected with the gventical l'j disposed portion; 1 b

otto'rn 13-:o'fthe GUSh' ing-chamber sa du'ally do wnward to it's leaves-b p' inch is providec l a va1ve'i5 whese c'oi structie operation I are hereinafter Figure-4, on'e'ofthe' side walls of the cushioning chamber is closedhya removable threaded plug i8i-provided with: a hole 1'9 extending therethrbugh iorfithe ceptionfof a rotary arboseo which is pivot ally supported at its opposite end in a depres ee, which extends outwardly- "the'ihel'e 19' through the removable plug {Isis p rqvided w'ith' sien 21; the wall at the valve asing.- ether 7 I roughthe re mervah-T' threadedplug 18 is -prciviued at outer -end'wi'th a shank 22 which is opera; t ively engaged by the operating hanule ae,

] means o'f xvl iih thegarbor 950 Referring teEig e's' 3-andj'4l5'itwill he seen that thearher '20s provir letwvithahintegr l lateraliy extending 28 which-engages in a slot 29 in the cushioning pistonll t the lower the tithe stem member 34 1y of this"'sonstruction thest in be rnovedaup and down hy raieuighndiewee ing theepe'r aniandleas thuse winger closiagth vaivess constiw h advantage of allowing thev positiv ly npeneehand positivel operating handle. In theeperatienefthe vi'c as a selfish-si gtaucet, the We is opened by raising the operati rig' hand le 23; As hang *ashandlepaais held p th s will remain open," bu t whenh l the. valve win eles efdue o the f liquid in cylind r 7 actin upo 1 the weight dfhandle23: 'I-he A ag ng move rnen'tett he valve iscushioned- {can nession of air in cushioning chamber 10-}5 ston 9. Tin epemnngumusesassessments length hence'nonna l ly' exertsan effective forceen tl ievalvetenlingto low it,

m some. 'The rota'ry-arbera ahd -elosely the countr-s'unh onrtimi so threaten I inthe cushioning chamber 10 due to ieale age past the piston 9 will bear upon the onlargedshonlder 31and fiorce it laterally outward against the pacliin'g'iifi and thus effecseal'the joint. 7 r

The valve 15' which is provided in the lower part of. the hottoniofthe cushioning chamber 10 is an inwardly opening valve which is opened-bythe suctioncreated inithe' ousltion i' ng' chamber 1 0, a's the piston 9fis* movedup-v Wardly out 2o f the chamheravhen openingthe' main valve T This allows air to enter cushionin chain-her from 'outsi rleot the valve allows the -main valve 5 to, open with out "the necessity of applying sufiicient force tohi eakavacuunrinthe cushioningchamber.

As shownjin Fig.- 3,- "the valve islproviolerl with a downwardly disposed ste1n 16 which extends "outside of tlie valve- By pressing upwardly hy hand *on the stein '16 fl e y'alve "iamay; he lifted and o ened to drain out from the cirshion ing chaimher 10 any acoumul at n-ofl'iquid whichihas leaked asethecushioningpiston 9M x a a Beferri-n'g to 1 itav-il r he seen that an upper stop-2 L is fi igid lytetheside of the-"ve l" casing at a lower sto" allypivota11y'mounted 1f :.la= pi tuna- *bejswuh upwar ly into the n'shownzin-Figine 2; Ifitfhis position o gated i an e ertinent of-the stop engages the operatin its upper positi n and thus iljo ld the valve open. When inthisnppei' osi tion, as shown inflfirg ag'th 1' ewer stop 2 5- se'rvestowdge th e-perm I 'al iandl'e"23 againstthe upper: step :24 an held 7 the valve open against the e stop-725 w-illh'old-fitself in sed'by 'hand,-whei*eapeh the pres pongpiston ti 'wi'llclose it wants seen that the sto p Q L' constiUutes ai' mean fer limitin thei'ihevemeht of the V I to-strikeagains'ttheuiider faoeofthecap 8 Refernng to F'l'giii'A; 1t w ll he nd-1e to holdthe latter in esiti n and hold the valve open as mmi-t the movement or'the-yaiveinan 0peningdirectihn; This ts the} u Ward move merit} of thle {operating 1anl1e*23?a11dallows, P 6P2 wb 'sw ns an enlarged shotilser a which extends ines the valvecasinglhaving a threaded-inlet V connection 48" and athreaded outlet conned A tion49, is provided with" a chamber a above the valve similarto the "upper chamber 7 of the valve casing shown in Fig. 3, said chame berbeing closed by a detachable cap Sand,

thevalve42 being held against its seat l3 by 7 the 'pressure'of liquidagainst' the piston 44 ,as'in the valve shown inf'Fig. 3. The valve of Fig." Iis not provided: withacushioning piston and chamber but; isprovided witha V ep'ending stem 45'provided witha recess46 for engaging the arm 2810f operating mechanism which is identical with thatshown in Fig.4, and which'is'housedm a laterally dis posed cylindricallextension47 of the casing and closed at one side by a removable thI'Q/ddf edplug 18 with its accompanying packing 32 identical'with that shown in Fig. 4.

It Will be seen that in ltheform'of the in-; vention shown in Fig, 5 the need of preventingleakage at the connection between the operating member-and thevalve casing is even more acute thanin'theform shown in 7 Fig. 5 the operatlng mechanism is'not con tamed 1n an enclosed chamber, ln th'e sense A influence'ofa cushioningpiston. I

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Fig. 3 since in the type of valve shown in that chamber 10 is enclosed, but is subjected to the full back pressure of the liquid on the, delive'y side of the seatwithout the shielding I what j :I-Iaving thus described the invention, is claimed as'newand desired'to be secured In a'faucet, the combination ofavalve casing,' a.'valve seat therein, a movable valve member associated withsaid'seat, an enclosed i chamber within said valve casing and rotary ,means wlthln SRIClBIlOlOSCl chamber for actu ating said valve' member, said rotary, means "extending out-througha wall of said'ivalve casing, 'manually operable means for said;

' 5 rotary means including an operating handle exterior" 'ofthe valve casing, a stop in the direction of opening movement of" saidfhana d le," and a' stopinj the't'direction of "closing fmovement of said-operating-handle, said last open.

namedi stop' in one'positi0n permitting the a 'operatingrhandle to'moveto closing position, 5o

a'ndsa'id last namedjstop being'piv'oted upon the valve casing,"whereby it may be swung to wedge* the operating handle against the first named In a faucet'Qthejcombination of a valve ;casi-ng,"a valve seat ftherein, aj movable valve 7 member associated "w1th -sa1d' seat, piston movable with saldvalve memb'er, an enclosed 1 a chamber in which 1 said piston is adapted to o "chamber -for.,jactuatin'gfsaidavalve member,

movefand rotary means within said enclosed i saidrotary me'ans extending out through a mu of saidfvalvencasing. I r

7 a ,-faucet,-fthe combination olla valve casing, a valve, seat therein, a. reciprocable stop and thereby, hold the v'alve valve member associated with said seat, a

cushioning chamber in'said casing, a pisto'n extending into said cushioning chamber and i "connected mand'movabn with said reciprocable valve memberyrot ry -means in said] cushioning chamberffor" actuating said valve member, said rotary means extending out of said cushioning chamber through a wall ofsaidvalvecasing andmeans actuated 'by-pressure within the cushioning chamber for preventing leakage outof' the cushioning chan v casing.

v i ln a if'aucet, the combination of a valve casing, a valve seat therein, a reciprocable valve member associated with said seat, a' e cushioning chamber in said casing, a' pistonextending into said cushioning chamber and 'ber betweensaid rotary meansand the valve connected to andmovable with said reciprocable valve member, rotarymeans in said member, said rotary means extending out of said cushioning chamber through a wall of saidvalve casing and means, including a shoulder carried by said'rotary means within said cushioning chamber and adapted to be forced outwardly against said valve cas-' 'ingby fluid pressure, for preventing leakage ,out'of the cushioning chamber between said 9 5 I 5 .,In a faucet, the combination of .a valve o rotary means and the valve casing.

tending into said chamber and connected to and movable with said valve member, rotary valve operating meansln' said chamber and casing, a valve seat therein, a movable valve 'member' associated with said seat, an enclosed chamber below said seat, a plston ex- I I 10o a suction operated valve operable by suctionf within said chamber to admitair thereto. I 6; Inafaucet, the combination of a valve casing, a valve seat therein a movable valve member associated with said seat, an enclosing chamberbelow said seat, a piston extend lng into saldchamber and connected to and movable with said valve member, rotary valve operating means in said chamberg'a suction operated valve operable by suctionwithin' I fies i said chamberto admit air thereto and means" I for manually opening said suction operated the enclosed chamber may be drained."

valve'whereby an accumulation of fluid in 7 In a faucet, the combination of a valve V casing, a valve seat'therein, a reciprocable enclosed chamber, a piston extending into said valvemember' associated with said seat, an f enclosed chamber and connected to and mov able-with said reciprocable valve member and a manually operablevalve for draining anaccumulation of fluid from the enclosed chamber,

8. In a faucet, the combination of a valve o y casmg, a valve seat therein, a valve assoc1ated with said seat,1';an [inlet chamber and an outletchamber in said casing disposed upon opposite sides of said. valve "seat, another o 851; cushioningchamber for actuating said valve chamberjimsalfinasifig;upont bheublet-aside 9i aid valyemseat and; beyond-f. said; outlet seat, horizontally; diSpQ$g eylfindrieal pm}? than; offset hem, ad-1' t m, and

G ng: with ssuid gverti-efl ylindfiical pflntionas 7 through; said; plu ja actuating: Said, Valve.

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